What is the past tense of lie?
The past tense of lie is lay, and the past participle is lied.
Lie is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.
All forms of lie
as a noun
- base
- lie
- plural
- lies
as a verb
- base
- lie
- past tense
- lay
- past participle
- lied
- present participle
- lying
- third-person singular
- lies